Eiji Okada — Actor (59)
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Shingo's Original Challenge, Part 4 (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
新吾十番勝負　完結篇
director: Sadatsugu Matsuda actor: Hashizo Ōkawa / Satomi Oka …
other title: 新吾十番勝負　完結篇
Aoi Shingo, a son of the Shogun, continues his travels seeking to further his mastery of the sword. In this final episode of the popular “Shingo’s Original Challenge” series, Shingo confronts his master’s killer in the ultimate test of his skill.
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The Story of Pure Love (1957) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
純愛物語
director: Tadashi Imai actor: Shinjirō Ehara / Hitomi Nakahara …
other title: Un amour pur / 純愛物語 …
Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately trying to be together despite tortuous circumstances. The film depicts their lives as thieves, menial laborers who can get little pay, society outcasts, and of course, lovers. Junai Monogatari depicts, mostly, their struggles within the Japanese reformatory system and Mitsuko's worsening sickness.
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Lost Love (1978) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
原子力戦争
director: Kazuo Kuroki actor: Jun Fubuki / Jun Hamamura …
other title: 原子力戦争
At a seaside city somewhere in the Tohoku area, the corpses of Nozomi, daughter of an affluent family, and Yamazaki, son of an engineer at the local nuclear power-plant, are found tied-to on a beach, as if they intended to commit double suicide. Nogami, a reporter, begins to investigate.
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The Chop Professor (1956) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
チョップ先生
director: Eiichi Koishi actor: Eiji Okada / Yuriko Tashiro …
other title: チョップ先生
Junpei Kihara, a young president of the University's wrestling club, is nicknamed "Mr. Chop". One day, on the way back from visiting the hospital after being thrown by Nobuyoshi Shinohara during practice and injured, he met Asako, the sister of Arisawa's mother, Katsuko. When they entering a coffee shop run by Asako's best friend Hisako, Hisako misunderstood them as lovers...
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Festival of Swordsmen (1961) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
剣豪天狗まつり
director: Shigehiro Ozawa actor: Ryutaro Otomo / Shingo Yamashiro …
other title: 剣豪天狗まつり
During the middle of the Kanei Period (1624-1644) Japan was in the early stages of its most peaceful era. This left a large number of unemployed samurai with nothing to do, and their morale suffered. In order to raise their spirits, the Shogun's Chief Advisor suggests that they hold a "Festival of Swordsmen" in the Shogun's presence. Problems arise when some of the martial artists bring their personal grudges to the competition. When Busshi Shirogoro (OTOMO) meets the daughter of the late Lord SANADA Yukimura sparks fly as she tries to use the competition to carry out her vengeance against Shogun Iemitsu.
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Spring Bell (1985) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
春の鐘
director: Koreyoshi Kurahara actor: Kinya Kitaoji / Yoshiko Mita …
other title: 春の鐘 / Haru no Kane
Rokuheita Narumi is fascinated by oriental art and works as the director of the Saho Art Museum in Nara. His wife, Noriko, is unable to leave Tokyo, despite his wishes, and the two live separately. Feeling lonely and neglected by her husband, she immerses herself in the depraved life of the city and continues to have a loveless relationship with a doctor, Katsumori. One day, Narumi arrives in Tokyo and learns of Noriko's affair, but he cannot divorce her for the sake of their child, so he devotes himself to his work.
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The Glacier Fox (1978) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
キタキツネ物語
director: Koreyoshi Kurahara actor: Eiji Okada / Arthur Hill
other title: Der Gletscherfuchs / Story of the Northern Fox …
Director Koreyoshi Kurahara chronicles a year in the lives of Flep and Leila, two foxes living in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, where the freezing winters are long and the mild summers short. After Flep defeats another male fox to become Leila's lifelong partner, they mate and raise a litter of five kits. With their family complete, the group must contend with human interference in their habitat, such as chicken farms and snowmobiles, and struggle against the debilitating cold of winter. The animals experience both triumph and tragedy, as the law of this harsh land proves – only the strong survive.
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Summer of the Lion Kings (1991) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
獅子王たちの夏
director: Banmei Takahashi actor: Show Aikawa / Koji Matoba …
other title: 獅子王たちの夏
Katsu, who belongs to the Murai group of the Sakagami Union, was frustrated by the distance from the yakuza world he had envisioned. At that time, Katsu, who met Osamu who belongs to the conflicting Dainippon Kyokushinkai, feels the real gangster scent of Osamu.
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Lord Mito: Struggle of Suke and Kaku (1961) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
水戸黄門 助さん格さん大暴れ
director: Tadashi Sawashima actor: Hiroki Matsukata / Kinya Kitaoji …
other title: Zu, guerreros de la montaña mágica / 水戸黄門 助さん格さん大暴れ
The story of two young men whose ambition is to become the personal bodyguards to the Shogun's uncle, Lord Mito Komon. Portrayed by a pair of up and coming stars, Sasaki Sukesaburo (Matsukata), the son of a widower and Atsumi Kakunoshin (Kitaoji), whose mother is a widow find themselves constantly in trouble and are forced to become two of the most powerful fighters in all Japan. The stories about Mito Komon and his travels througout Japan are many, but this is one that had yet to be told. The struggles of Suke-san and Kaku-san faced in order to join the Elder in his quest to fight against injustice and corruption during the samurai era.
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The Pirates (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
海賊八幡船
director: Tadashi Sawashima actor: Hashizo Ōkawa / Denjirō Ōkōchi …
other title: 海賊八幡船
Finding more freedom on the high seas than in war-torn Japan, the 'Bahansen' (Pirate ships) based on the Seto Inland Sea during the Warring Period (Sengoku-jidai)sailed to China, Korea, Luzon, and Siam under the Hachiman banner. A battle for supremacy of the seas begins when a strange old shipwreck survivor is brought to Sakai where he divulges a secret that can change the course of history.One of the most literate and well-written films from Toei, this is an exciting tale of swashbuckling samurai on the high seas!